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I saw that the faces and bodies of these people in front of them were all densely covered with pimples, which looked like toads, especially under the dim torch, they looked even more disgusting, and they seemed to be a group of toads.

But experienced people know that these natives must have been survivors of smallpox before, and when they got smallpox, these natives had no experience and broke the pus from their bodies to form this disgusting appearance .

Although these natives look fierce, they know how to advance and retreat. Seeing that they were blackened, they immediately dropped their weapons and surrendered. After all, there are only seven or eight of them left, and most of them are wounded. There is no escape at all. Chance.

It's a pity that Ma Ming, who has been in the army for many years, doesn't have a heart of mercy. I saw a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and said murderously: "Kill them all, and then send them to the city to receive rewards!"

Hearing Ma Ming's order, Sam and others who had been prepared by the side immediately shot arrows. As a result, after a few screams, all the surviving natives died.The natives on Java Island are hostile to the Han people. Although they have experienced the disaster of smallpox, they still cannot change their nature. Therefore, for the natives on the island, Daqi officials have always only had one word, and that is "kill". , Even the government even provided a special part of the funds for this. Each native's head can be exchanged for two copper coins, which is not a small sum.Capital Datang 690

Then someone came forward and chopped off the head of the native, and slaves dragged the body outside and buried it.Ma Ming summoned the patrol team that first encountered the natives and asked about the battle between the two sides.

This patrol team was originally behind Ma Ming and the others, but just as they were advancing along the original patrol route.The wolfdogs nearby suddenly spotted the natives who had barged in, and rushed up to bite the natives.The patrolling team also rushed over, but they didn't expect that there were so many natives.For a while, they were not opponents, so they injured one of them, and the other three also suffered minor injuries.

Finally, Ma Ming rushed to the spot where the natives were found, only to find that the sugarcane grove there had been cut down a lot, and all of them had been bundled into bundles. It seemed that they were here to steal sugarcane.

"Brother Ma, why is this so strange? It is said that in this area of ​​Java, it is not difficult to find something to eat. Why do these natives take risks and come to us just to steal a few bundles of sugar cane?" A man looked at the sugarcane in the sugarcane field and asked with a puzzled expression.

"That's right, and our plantation is so close to Coconut City. There are several plantations such as Li's and Zhou's in the periphery, all of which are planted with sugarcane. Why don't they go there to steal, but come to us secretly? Stealing?" Another person asked in the same doubt.These surviving natives generally live in deep mountains and old forests far away from Han cities, even if they came out to rob.They will only rob those plantations that are far from the city. I have never heard that they will pass through several plantations and come to the city to rob, and it is just for a few bundles of sugarcane?

Originally, the natives must know this question.It's a pity that Ma Ming killed people so fast that he didn't even have time to ask.But if you don't understand it, don't think about it, anyway, people are already dead.Who cares why those natives are here?Maybe the other party is simply lost, or maybe there is something wrong with his brain.

After these dozen or so natives made such a fuss.Many people in the manor were woken up, especially those who were injured.I also need to ask the doctor in the manor to help bandage it. Fortunately, except for the slave, everyone else was slightly injured, and they will be fine after a few days of rest. As for the slave, he blocked a knife for the supervisor around him. Injury to the internal organs is troublesome to treat. The conditions in the manor are limited, and the doctor can only do a simple treatment. It needs to be sent to the hospital in Yecheng tomorrow.

Ma Ming and the others had nothing to do with it. He just remembered that there was still boiled wild pork in the turret, so he invited the other patrolling people to eat and drink, but he didn't dare to drink. After all, the night duty is not over yet. Don't dare to be too careless.

It is also worth mentioning that because of the heroic performance of this slave before, and also saved the life of an overseer, so now the Ma family is discussing, it is very likely that this slave will be released from slavery and become a free man.This stimulated the enthusiasm of other slaves even more, and even in the next time, the speed of harvesting sugar cane was much faster than usual.

But the next morning, after the people who sent the heads of those natives to the city to receive the reward came back, they brought a definite news, which made everyone know the origin of this group of natives.

It turned out that just a month ago, a group of hundreds of native bandits attacked a plantation thirty miles southeast of Yecheng, but the force of this plantation was so strong that it relied on its strong fortress to resist the natives. In the end, the regular army sent by Yecheng came and wiped out most of the local bandits, but some of them slipped through the net and escaped.

Afterwards, Yecheng sent a small group of troops to wipe out some of the escaped local bandits.Then a month passed, and there was no more news of the natives and robbers. This made Yecheng think that all the escaped natives should have been wiped out, so they relaxed. Unexpectedly, there were still fish that slipped through the net. The appearance of those natives and the weapons used can be determined.

After hearing the news, everyone in the Ma's plantation breathed a sigh of relief, but they didn't dare to be careless after that. They even sent extra patrols every night, for fear that any fish that slipped through the net would break in.

In addition, after this incident, Ma Ming, the guard leader of the plantation, deeply felt that the force of the plantation was insufficient. Can't keep it.

In view of this situation, Ma Ming persuaded other members of the Ma family to buy a batch of firearms for civilian use at a high price. Although it is quite different from military use, it is still very sharp for general defense.

Regarding muskets, except for those in the army, most of the people only heard of their names. Rumors have exaggerated the power of this kind of firearms to the sky. The management is very strict, and the folks are not allowed to hold them at all. However, with Daqi's overseas development, the folk force urgently needs to be strengthened, so Li Yin finally decided to let the arsenal produce a simple version of the musket for sale to the folks, so that Overseas Han Chinese can protect themselves.

However, even if it is a civilian-use gun, this kind of gun cannot be owned by everyone. First, you must have a Han household registration. Second, you must have a legitimate reason for buying a gun. Buy a gun, and the price of this gun is not cheap, the average small rich family can't afford it.What's more, ordinary people don't need it at all, and only rich people like Ma Shi who need armed defense are eligible to buy muskets.

Java is already a relatively dangerous area, so the quota for buying guns here is relatively loose. The civilian guns purchased by the Ma family were also delivered quickly, and there was also a large number of bullets. These bullets were the same as those used in the army. They are all paper shell bullets. When using them, you need to bite through the paper skin, then pour the gunpowder into the priming pool and the barrel, and finally plug the bullets firmly before you can shoot.

There are a total of 46 people with Han household registration in the entire Ma's manor, so the Ma family can only buy 46 guns, and then all men, women and children in the manor must learn to shoot, except of course the slaves.Capital Datang 690

This decision made Ma Xiaoyu, a lively and active girl, very excited, and she pestered Ma Ming every day hoping to play for a while, but her marksmanship was really bad, and it was rare to hit a target even after a hundred shots.On the contrary, Thea is very talented in shooting, and she is more accurate than most adults at a young age, and only Ma Ming can beat her in the whole plantation. This surprised Ma Ming, and even gave birth to a gun The idea of ​​Ya recruiting into the escort.However, this was strongly opposed by Ma Xiaoyu on the grounds that Thea would go to school with her and could not stay in the manor.

Regarding the fact that Thea was going to school, Li Yong had already told her when she was still on the ship that she should study hard at school so that she could control her destiny in her own hands in the future, so Thea had always held a grudge against going to school. a strong fantasy.However, because of the new construction of Yecheng, the school had to carry out the final construction some time ago, so the students were given a few days off, which is why Ma Xiaoyu stayed at home all the time, but now the school has come to inform that students can go to school tomorrow up.

The Sam couple didn't know what going to school was for before, but after getting in touch with people in the plantation, they gradually understood the meaning of going to school, and they also knew that only by letting their daughter go to school can they have a better life in the future life, so the two are also very supportive, and they don't need their daughter to help with work now.

But Ma Xiaoyu is the happiest about Thea's going to school, because it means that she and Thea can not only play together, but also study together, especially when they are in school, because many children's families usually They are all in plantations outside the city, and rarely live in the city, so the students usually choose to live on campus. Ma Xiaoyu has long wanted to find a partner, and now she can finally get her wish.

The day before school, Ma Xiaoyu gave Thea one of her schoolbags, and told Thea a lot of interesting things about the school at night, as well as the points that need attention on the first day of school, which made Thea also He listened with gusto, and looked forward to the school even more in his heart. (to be continued..)

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